St Mary's Physics

Standard Grade Physics Course Summary

Unit 1 - Telecommunications

Communication using Waves
Communication using Cables
Radio & Television
Transmission of Radio Waves

Unit 2 – Using Electricity

From the Wall Socket
Alternating and Direct Current
Resistance
Useful Circuits
Behind the Wall – Domestic Wiring
Movement from Electricity

Unit 3 – Health Physics

Use of Thermometers
Using Sound
Light and Sight
Using the Spectrum
Nuclear Radiation – Humans and Medicine

Unit 4 – Electronics

Output devices
Input devices
Digital Processes
Analogue Processes

Unit 5 – Transport

One the Move – Average and Instantaneous Speed, Graphs
Forces at Work
Movement means Energy

Unit 6 – Energy Matters

Supply and Demand
Generation of Electricity
Source to Customer – Transformers and the Grid
Heat in the Home

Unit 7- Space Physics

Signals from Space – Looking at the Stars
Space Travel – Rockets and Satellites


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